Legendary Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took to X on Wednesday morning to announce his retirement from the cash-rich Indian Premier League. The 38-year-old spinner from Chennai played 221 matches for five teams and scored 833 runs in addition to taking 187 wickets. Ashwin finished his career as the fifth-highest-wicket-taker and seventh-most-capped player. Here’s a look at his IPL career:
Ravichandran Ashwin played 221 matches in the IPL for five teams from 2009 to 2025. (Picture Credit: AFP)
Ravichandran Ashwin is the seventh most capped player in the world’s richest franchise cricket league. He played 106 matches for CSK, 14 for Rising Pune Super Giants, 28 each for Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals and 45 for Rajasthan Royals. (Picture Credit: AFP)
Ashwin finished his career with 187 wickets, which is the fifth most by any bowler. He dismissed 97 batters for CSK, 10 for RPSG, 25 for PBKS, 20 for DC and 35 for Rajasthan Royals. (Picture Credit: AFP)
Ashwin won two IPL titles with CSK in 2010 and 2011 and finished as runners-up in 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2015 with CSK, in 2020 with DC and in 2022 with RR. (Picture Credit: X)
R Ashwin played 106 matches in the IPL for CSK and picked up 97 wickets. He is CSK’s third-highest wicket-taker in the cash-rich league. (Picture Credit: Sportzpics)
Ashwin captained Punjab Kings in 28 IPL matches across two seasons but was only able to win 12 matches (6 in each season). (Picture Credit: AFP)
R Ashwin’s best score in the IPL is 50. During the IPL 2022 match played between RR and DC in Navi Mumbai on May 11, 2022, Ashwin scored 50 runs from 38 balls as a No. 3 batter. (Picture Credit: AFP)
In 2019, he controversially ran RR’s Jos Buttler out at the non-striker’s end. (Picture Credit: Screengrab)
R Ashwin was the first captain in history to be traded by an IPL franchise. He joined Delhi Capitals from Punjab Kings in September 2019. (Picture Credit: Sportzpics)
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